Befriending the Stranger

Jean Vanier

978 0 232 52598 4
Paperback
|144 pp
|216 x 135 mm

Price: £10.95

In Befriending the Stranger Jean Vanier reflects on who we are and how we build our communities, and in particular asks, can we be truly compassionate towards others if we are not compassionate towards ourselves? In a series of six meditative pieces, he opens up Gods invitation to us today, in the midst of all the violence and corruption of the world, to create new places of belonging and sharing, of peace and kindness, where each one is loved and accepted with ones own fragility, abilities and disabilities.

Jean Vanier was a philosopher and theologian. He was the founder of LArche International and the winner of the Templeton Prize 2015 which recognises outstanding contributions to spiritual writing and to the spiritual life. He died on May 7th, 2019. He was 90.